scot and lot

noun

1. British History. a municipal tax assessed proportionately upon the members of a community.

scot and lot

noun

1. history a municipal tax paid by burgesses and others that came to be regarded as a qualification for the borough franchise in parliamentary elections (until the Reform Act of 1832)

Word History and Origins

Origin of scot and lot¹

1275–1325; Middle English, rhyming phrase; scot, lot

Word History and Origins

Origin of scot and lot¹

C13 scot tax, from Germanic; compare Old Norse skot; related to Old French escot (French écot ) + lot (in the obsolete sense: tax)

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. pay scot and lot, to pay in full; settle finally.